Mitt Romney Running Over Newt Gingrich in Poll of Arizona

With Arizona holding its Republican presidential primary on Feb. 28, a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Thursday finds Mitt Romney holds a commanding lead there.

Romney leads the poll of likely primary voters with 48 percent, followed by Newt Gingrich with 24 percent. Rick Santorum stands in third with 13 percent while Ron Paul lags with 6 percent. Six percent remain undecided and 2 percent are for other candidates.

The poll of 750 likely Arizona Republican primary voters was taken Feb. 1 and had a margin of error of +/- 4 percent.